Agreement between paternal self ‐reported medication use and records from a national prescription database

ConclusionsThere is good agreement between paternal self‐report and prescription data for prescribed medications used chronically and substantially less for medications used episodically. Suboptimal agreement for episodic medications suggests poor recall (for questionnaires) or false positives due to noncompliance (prescription data). Not surprisingly, use of medications available both with and without a prescription is not well captured using prescription databases alone.

Source: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety - February 28, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Jacqueline M. Cohen, Mollie E. Wood, Sonia Hernandez ‐Diaz, Hedvig Nordeng Tags: ORIGINAL REPORT Source Type: research